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BOSTON — Macrolides likely reduce severe exacerbations and improve quality of life and asthma control among patients with asthma, according to a presentation at the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Scientific Meeting.

Older men with COPD experienced improved lung function, functional fitness and quality of life after partaking in a tai chi plus yoga program for 12 weeks, according to results published in Respiratory Medicine.

BOSTON — Pregnant women with very severe interstitial lung disease had fewer term deliveries and more preterm births and miscarriages vs. women with a lower disease severity level, according to a presentation at the CHEST Annual Meeting.

PHILADELPHIA — Subcutaneous guselkumab outperformed placebo and, as with IV administration, appears to have “profound induction effects” on both clinical remission and endoscopic response in Crohn’s disease, a presenter told Healio.

Despite a lack of “gold standard” evidence surrounding cannabis use for musculoskeletal pain, rheumatologists must not turn a blind eye to how such products are used by their patients in the real world, according to researchers.

MRI can help identify which patients with rectal cancer could avoid surgery based on response to neoadjuvant therapy, according to study results.

Women diagnosed with a hematologic malignancy during pregnancy had a 22-fold higher rate of severe maternal morbidity than those who did not have blood cancer, according to study results.

Children with normal blood pressure may not need BP screenings as often as current recommendations call for, according to a longitudinal study published in JAMA Pediatrics.

Clindamycin remains clinically relevant and safe in the treatment of acne vulgaris, according to a comprehensive published review.

PHILADELPHIA — In this video, Nancy S. Reau, MD, FAASLD, AGAF, discusses the impact certain herbal and dietary supplements may have on the liver, especially among patients with underlying liver disease.